How Is Linda Presented In Brave New World

I believe it is interesting when Linda is brought back into the director's life. In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the foundation of the World State is built upon the idea of promiscuity and sexual freedom. Men, women, and children of all ages are encouraged to engage in loosely formed relationships with multiple partners, which helps to destroy feelings of commitment and loyalty. The ideas of settling down, staying faithful to one partner, and starting a family are horrifyingly pornographic to the minds of the citizens and are considered to be truly deplorable. Within this world of fluid sexuality, the heart that represents everything is the Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning. He is the puppeteer of decanting and exemplifies the true spirit of …show more content…
One in particular, which had left a lasting mark, is constantly on his mind: his relationship with a woman named Linda. Speaking with Benard about the Savage Reservation, the director relates to him, "Got a permit for New Mexico and went there for my summer holiday. With the girl I was having for a moment. She was a Beta-Minus, and I think (he shut his eyes)… well, she got lost… She must have gone for a walk, alone. At any rate, when I woke up, she wasn’t there… Still, I searched and I shouted and I searched. But there was no sign of her" (Huxley 96). The director later elaborates on this by saying, "The next day was a search. But we couldn’t find her. She must have fallen into a gully somewhere; or been eaten by a mountain lion. Ford knows. Anyhow it was horrible. It upset me very much at the time. More than it ought to have done" (Huxley 97). Around twenty-five years ago, the director brought a woman to the Savage Reservation, but only he returned from their trip. The woman appeared to drop off the face of the Earth. Now at the Reservation, Benard and Lenina meet a woman named Linda, a civilized lady who is condemned to live there because of her